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OBES SURG (2016) 26:16571658 DOI 10.1007/s11695-016-2276-z
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Michel GagnerBiography
Michel Gagner1 & Scott Shikora2
Published online: 11 July 2016# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Dr. Michel Gagner is easily one of the most innovative pioneers in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery. His contributions to the field are invaluable. Many surgeons, including this author, owe him a debt of gratitude for assisting in our transition from open to laparoscopic surgery.
Dr. Gagner was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. He obtained a Diploma in Sciences at the Sminaire de Sherbrooke in 1978 and his M.D. from the Facult de Mdecine de lUniversit de Sherbrooke in 1982. Dr. Gagner then did his surgical training at McGill University in Montreal
from 19821988. During his residency, he completed 2 years of a Ph.D. program on human lipolysis in sepsis at the Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University from 19841986.
Dr. Gagner completed fellowships in hepatic surgery at Hopital Villejuif in Paris, France, and pancreatico-biliary surgery at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts (19891990). Upon completion of his fellowships, he was recruited to the Universite de Montreal School of...